This 2000 soundtrack
from Koji Endo is, sadly, a fairly tepid affair for the
composer, despite some otherwise decent cues in its mix.
It's certainly a different experience, and can garnish credit for that statement, but tends to have as many good tracks as so-so ones and is incredibly brisk in its runtime.

The CD itself starts off strong, delivering the very soothing
"The Drifting Town: Avant" before making a 180
degree turn as it transitions into "Nightmare":
a loud guitar and drum heavy track that is also fairly
good, if a little long. Unfortunately, the score doesn't
live up to its start as the rest tends to range from mediocre
to "god, where's the track skip." The latter
of which applies to cues like "Samba de M" and
"Finale", which tend to wear out their welcome
quickly. The vocal tracks here also fail to entice, although
Endo should be given some credit for trying to capture
the ethically diverse cast with some of his work, particularly
the chant supported "The Drifting Town" track
which closes the CD.

Overall,
to be honest, in some ways
I felt that my score for the disc is a little harsh, if
for nothing more than the merits of the first two tracks;
however, at a dismal running time of around half an hour
it's just really hard to suggest picking up this score,
especially considering the inflated prices that Tokuma
charges for their releases.